Richard Rorty: A Short Introduction
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2022
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1st ed. 2022
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-38837-9 (ISBN)
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-38837-9 (ISBN)
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The essential offers a systematic guide to a fruitful reading of Rorty. The essential concludes with a reference to Rorty's hitherto unrecognized ethico-political motivation and with a methodological suggestion for further reading of his texts: One must apply the pragmatist method to himself.
lt;p>The essential offers a systematic guide to a fruitful reading of Rorty. At the same time, it provides a brief introduction to the main features of Richard Rorty's neopragmatism. The author proposes to read it as a fragile balance of pragmatism and romanticism by which Rorty seeks to change our self-image. Moreover, he elucidates this transformative ambition through a sketch of "continence, irony, and solidarity" and the utopian figure of the liberal ironist. The essential concludes with a reference to Rorty's hitherto unrecognized ethico-political motivation and with a methodological suggestion for further reading of his texts: One must apply the pragmatist method to himself.
lt;p>The essential offers a systematic guide to a fruitful reading of Rorty. At the same time, it provides a brief introduction to the main features of Richard Rorty's neopragmatism. The author proposes to read it as a fragile balance of pragmatism and romanticism by which Rorty seeks to change our self-image. Moreover, he elucidates this transformative ambition through a sketch of "continence, irony, and solidarity" and the utopian figure of the liberal ironist. The essential concludes with a reference to Rorty's hitherto unrecognized ethico-political motivation and with a methodological suggestion for further reading of his texts: One must apply the pragmatist method to himself.
Dr. Martin Muller is a flight captain and lecturer in philosophy at the Munich Volkshochschule. A long-time Rorty interpreter, he is currently on the board of the Richard Rorty Society.
lt;p>Table of contents short:
Introduction: Reading Rorty's work as a balance of pragmatism and romanticism.- Revolutionary language-game pragmatism after the linguistic turn.- The strong romantic dimension of Rorty's neopragmatism.- The liberal utopia of a combination of public pragmatism and private romanticism in contingency, irony and solidarity.- Final consideration: Democratic anti-authoritarianism - Rorty's ethico-political motivation.| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.11.2022 |
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| Reihe/Serie | essentials | Springer essentials |
| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 53 p. 1 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Wiesbaden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 96 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit |
| Schlagworte | Irony • Liberalism • neopragmatism • Philosophical Introduction • Philosophy • Richard Rorty • Truth |
| ISBN-10 | 3-658-38837-4 / 3658388374 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-658-38837-9 / 9783658388379 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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